Tennessee § 40-3-208 - Immunity of officials and employees.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-3-208 — Immunity of officials and employees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-3-208. Immunity of officials and employees.
The district attorney general and assistant district attorneys general, district attorney general's investigators, district attorney general's secretaries and any other employee of the district attorney general shall not be civilly or criminally liable for acts performed pursuant to this part or in furtherance of the purposes of this part except as those acts relate to expenditure of and accounting for moneys collected under this part. Acts 1984, ch. 998, § 9; 2003, ch. 291, § 3. Cross-References. Sovereign immunity, § 20-13-102 . Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, § 29-20-101 et seq.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-3-208 ("Immunity of officials and employees.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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